Dessert Spoon, "Japanese Pattern"
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Silver-plate
DATES
August 5, 1879
DIMENSIONS
6 13/16 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (17.3 x 3.8 x 2.9 cm)
MARKINGS
Stamped on back: "HOLMES BOOTH & HAYDENS A1"
SIGNATURE
Unsigned
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
ACCESSION NUMBER
1990.193
CREDIT LINE
Gift of James M. Hayes
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Spoon. Dessert spoon, silver-plate plain bowl. First third of handle undecorated. Decoration begins with molded narrow horizontal band then two small triangles with narrow horizontal bands above and below. Main motif in trapezoidal area with asymmetrical bamboo branch diagonally dividing space. At upper end towards crest molded butterfly. Crest gently arched with rounded shoulders with zigzag band fitted into arch and three short diagonal bands below, center one with zigzag pattern, outer ones with three roundels. Reverse with similar decoration. In trapezoidal area molded bird on asymmetrical leafy branch and stylized quarter sunburst in upper corner towards crest. Japanese pattern.
Condition: Very good original condition; plate bright; light overall scratching due to normal wear.
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